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Genomics

Experts worry DNA testing without involving doctor could misleadThe Columbus Dispatch Share For the curious, spit and a few hundred dollars are all it takes to become an "early adopter" of genetic testing. As of March, the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had tallied 20 companies that offer tests without physician involvement. Another seven sell genetic information, but a doctor is involved.More

Epigenetics key in determining sexualityUnited Press International Share Epigenetics — how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches called epi-marks — appears to be critical in determining sexuality, U.S. researchers say.More

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Getting DNA scanned costs less than an iPhoneWired Share The price of unlocking the secrets of your DNA has dropped to stocking-stuffer range as Google-backed 23andMe said that a major new investment was allowing them to offer their personal gene scans for $99.More

Biotech/Diagnostics/Personalized Medicine

Expert: Center's personalized medicine 'will do people ...a lot of good'The Patriot-News Share Analyzing a person's genetic makeup can produce a road map of disease the person is likely to encounter and possible paths for avoiding or defeating it. The future of medicine might well involve everyone allowing their genetic secrets to be stored, analyzed and instantly available to doctors and researchers.More

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Personalized medicine inches closer to role in IBDGastroenterology & Endoscopy News Share Physicians consider multiple factors when deciding how to manage illness in a patient with inflammatory bowel disease. What is the patient's response to prednisone or immunomodulators? Is the patient suffering from frequent flare-ups? Are they developing life-threatening complications?More

Regenerative Medicine

Treating autism, could stem cells help?HealthCanal Share Often seen as an alternative to embryonic stem cells, iPS — or induced pluripotent stem cells — are adult stem cells reprogrammed to an embryonic-like state. IPS cells are increasingly of interest to scientists studying brain disorders such as autism, since accessing brain tissue is so difficult. More

Cells harvested from human urine used to make stem cellsWired Share Biologists in China have published a study detailing how they transformed common cells found in human urine into neural stem cells that can be used to create neurons and glial brain cells. The find holds huge potential for the rapid testing and development of new treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.More

Emerging Medical Technologies

Heart devices hamper children's quality of lifeMedPage Today Share Pediatric patients who require implanted cardiac devices have lower quality of life compared with most of their peers, researchers found. Children and teens with permanent pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators rated their quality of life lower than did healthy controls and patients with mild forms of congenital heart disease, with a greater impact associated with ICDs, researchers said.More

Experiment aims to save on care for poorest, sickest patientsKaiser Health News Share California is hosting an experiment, wherein a large group of disabled Medicaid enrollees have been moved out of traditional fee-for-service health coverage into a managed care plan. Officials hope to learn if the transition provides this vulnerable population, which has complex medical needs, better medical care while saving the government money. More

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